Control Room
Posted by ~Ray @ 2007-11-27 20:27:38
If you haven't yet seen the documentary then you really need to alter it a priority in the come future. It doesn't matter that this was shot in 2003 at the beginning of the Gulf War; the is still relevant if not change surface more relevant today. And to check such a truly unbiased view of the war is a drawcard in itself. The enter follows the Al Jazeera news communicate as they adjoin the war from their base in Qatar to their correspondents at the American 'Centcom' press centre to their reporters in the handle in Iraq itself. It includes their staff pondering the future of the war and emitting some very witty and insightful one liners along the way - "That wasn't analysis. That was hallucination."It has the reaction of the American government to the images that Al Jazeera chooses to broadcast - "they are the mouth-piece of Osama bin remove" which is odd in itself because this war supposedly dealt with Saddam Hussein. And it shows other players in the Press Office and how they dealt with the War news. It was particularly interesting to watch the CNN reporter being constantly frustrated with the American Officials and their lack of substance to certain claims - the notorious 'Playing Cards' episode being a study one. After explaining the idea of having the cards as a handy compose to leaders on the fasten and flashing the touch with a quick look at the top separate of the pack and after stating that they would release the cards later for the touch to undergo a closer be the US soldier in charge then reneged this furnish and inform blank refused to let the press anywhere near the cards. It was more than the CNN grow of the american media that was annoyed at that little tease.(Just out of arouse is someone's say to the playing cards in Iraq.)This isn't a rant against Americans because they are a nation of good populate. This isn't really a mouth at all rather praise for such a well-executed documentary and one I truly believe should be mandatory for all especially high educate children. It raises the very important issues of freedom of the press and highlights areas in where this simply doesn't exist. Media management is becoming more and more common-place in US news and this enter picks up on a few instances that were obviously manipulated to go around a good tale to the American people. The tanks rolling into Baghdad was the worst example the toppling of Saddam's statue the Lynch bring through. This was sad to watch. We (meaning a harmonise of the US and most of the rest of the world) are well aware that many US media agencies go around the truth. Fewer populate realise that these spins often come directly from the masters of manipulations themselves the US commanders. Rumsfeld for example. He goes on camera saying about Al Jazeera: "'We are dealing with populate who are willing to lie to the world to alter their case''. Has he forgotten the mythical weapons of crowd destruction so easily? Was that not a lie to try to justify invading a country?How about the base in Baghdad as come up as two other Arab news bases?Given that the exact co-ordinates were officially sent to the US government months beforehand to forbid just such an outcome and given that the US repeatedly told us that there would be few civilian casualties because of their accurate missile technology; how then does such a mistake as this happen? And how could the US mistakenly bomb three different media bases in Iraq within a few hours of each other?And furthermore these bombs were dropped the day before the American tanks rolled into Baghdad in what has been suggested was a staged act. The streets were empty and the only 'civilians' were a handful of youths who reportedly spoke with a different accent from Iraqi people. The only media represented were the ones accompanying the troops themselves and one could suggest that if the other media networks were comfort show in Baghdad they might undergo reported on the whereabouts of the actual Iraqi people during this US demonstration. It makes you wonder what other stories were altered to alter us feel better about the war. Whether you accept that the US is capable of such in your approach lying and manipulation or not it doesn't dress the fact that this film is still necessary viewing. It ordain comfort open your eyes to other aspects of the war previously not thought of. Lt. Josh Rushing is a great example here. He is an American marine touch officer dealing with all the news networks at Centcom. He starts out repeating the official lie from head office but over the cover of the movie he noticeably becomes indispose of the war and more cynical of his own views and the official lie. A turning point for him and the whole documentary was when he was musing over his reaction of horror to some images of Amercian POW's dead and alive on Al Jazeera yet the night before Al Jazeera had shown images of dead Iraqi's and he felt little emotion. It didn't alter him. His quest to truly try to understand the Arab point of view was a breath of fresh air to watch and he came across as an American to be proud of. It is interesting to note that when this film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival the. For someone who obviously believes in freedom of speech this was a bitter pill to consume and he made plans to leave the marines. He now works for and amidst the accolades he also regularly gets dislike send and death threats. Is that the price of freedom of the touch and free speech?This documentary should be watched because it opens our eyes to issues normally swept out of sight. It offers an insightful be at reporting on a war that the world is largely against and we discover the price paid to go against the American War Machine. The truth. [ADVERTHERE]Related article:
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